Universal Pictures in Management Shakeup

Signaling that international experience and close ties to the parent company may be more important in a movie studio chief than releasing a string of hit movies, Comcast Corp. shook up the leadership of its Universal Pictures unit on Monday.

Jeff Shell, a veteran television executive who has served as a top lieutenant to Steve Burke, Chief Executive of Comcast's NBCUniversal media division, was on Monday named chairman of the...